Bill Text: CA AJR42 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act of 2010.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 46-18)
Status: (Passed) 2010-08-17 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 92, Statutes of 2010. [AJR42 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AJR42-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AJR 42 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 92
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 17, 2010
ADOPTED IN SENATE AUGUST 11, 2010
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 24, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 24, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Solorio
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley,
Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Cook, Coto,
Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher,
Fong, Fuentes, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall,
Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jones, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Nava, Nestande, Nielsen, John A.
Perez, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Skinner,
Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,
Villines, and Yamada)
MAY 28, 2010
Relative to the Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act of 2010.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AJR 42, Solorio. Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act of 2010.
This measure would request that the Congress and the President of
the United States enact the Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act
of 2010.
WHEREAS, The federal Medicare secondary payer law (42 U.S.C. Sec.
1395y(b)) is an important law designed to protect the Medicare Trust
Fund and ensure that Medicare pays only for medical expenses for
which it is responsible; and
WHEREAS, California residents who are eligible for the Medicare
Program periodically seek compensation for personal injuries that are
the liability of other parties and seek benefits through California'
s workers' compensation system; and
WHEREAS, California is periodically found liable for industrial
injuries to individuals who are eligible for the Medicare Program
and, as an employer, California pays benefits to those injured
individuals under the workers' compensation system; and
WHEREAS, The way the Medicare secondary payer law is currently
being administered with respect to claims involving individuals who
are eligible for the Medicare Program has caused considerable delay
and unfairness in the settlement of those claims; and
WHEREAS, The delays in the settlement of claims and the
uncertainty of the scope of the responsibility of the Medicare
Program as the secondary payer has increased settlement costs; and
WHEREAS, The delay and uncertainty caused by the Medicare
secondary payer law has increased costs to the state and to local
jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, The federal Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act of
2010 (H.R. 4796) has been introduced by Congress, has bipartisan
support, and is supported by a broad spectrum of organizations with
an interest in ensuring that the Medicare secondary payer law is
administered fairly and efficiently to the benefit of the Medicare
Trust Fund and individuals and payers who have an interest in the
prompt settlement of claims for damages or benefits; now, therefore,
be it
Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature respectfully requests that
the Congress and the President of the United States enact the federal
Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act of 2010 (H.R. 4796); and be
it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United
States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the
Majority Leader of the Senate, and to each Senator and Representative
from California in the Congress of the United States.
